Tauren cat form updated a little in patch 2.3
by David Bowers 
Oct 17th 2007 at 3:03PM
Beaux on the US forums showed everyone how, in patch 2.3, Blizzard has modified the tauren cat form's face to look more like a lion and less like a monkey, and changed the neck of the lion so that it doesn't look so hunchbacked as it moves. It's not as pretty as the tauren cat form suggestion submitted in Blizzard's art contest, but it'll do for now I would think.
[Update]: Our reader tmklein supplied us with some interesting links for what the EU player Andrige thought the various forms should look like -- all with a distinct visual style. Would you like this sort of change?
- Dire Bear Forms
- Worgen Forms (to replace cat form? I don't know about this one...)
- Travel Forms
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
DJ Nov 12th 2008 7:34AM
This night elf Moonkin has always had a problem with the feral forms, one of the best reasons for me to be an owlbeast... What REALLY bothers me is the weird size changes that occurs when you shift forms. I HATE the way you change into travel form and your toon swells four times in size only to eventually shrink back into normal cat size in a puff of smoke. It even makes the animation slow down . Looks dumb. Give me a puff of smoke and blammo I'm now a speedy cat at the right scale. And when i poof back don't shrinky dink me and let me grow back into my full size. Was it always this dumb? I've been on hiatus for a year or so since capping out at 70 and doing only a bit of endgame... I seem to remember it not being so stupid.
Chris Oct 17th 2007 3:10PM
lol, hopefully this doesnt result in druids having smaller shoulder pads :P
Dotixi Oct 17th 2007 3:12PM
*cough*
sezmra Oct 17th 2007 3:15PM
The new model's texture looks a bit less thrown together, it's still kind of crappy though.
I think all player "specialty models" such as druid and shaman forms could use a rehaul all together. Keep the theme, but make them look less like rehashed mobs.
Though 70% of the players would all bitch and moan about it anyway.
At least they're working on things they don't HAVE to, that's always promising when it comes to graphic adjustments.
native Oct 17th 2007 3:18PM
i don't typically watch my catform face while fighting mobs.
i tend to be watching from behind.
had i not seen this post i almost guarantee i never would have noticed the change in 2.3 because the difference is so small its hardly a change at all.
infection Oct 17th 2007 3:21PM
you are insane if you think the art design for the druid cat form looks anywhere near good.
what a waste of time to submit that.
Arisanna Oct 17th 2007 3:21PM
Ground breaking.
Urthona Oct 17th 2007 3:25PM
Make it black already.
Caribbean Oct 17th 2007 3:25PM
Take off the stupid looking horns and you'd have something, I mean really. Change the look to more of a barrens lion or mulgore lion.
Hollywood Ron Oct 17th 2007 3:26PM
q.q
tmklein Oct 17th 2007 3:29PM
best ideas for druid forms i've seen:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/Macswe/DireBearPreviewBothRaces.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/Macswe/WorgenPreviewBothRaces.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e206/Macswe/TravelPreviewBothRaces.jpg
they were created by EU player Andrige, he's done more work too i think i'll see if i can find the links when i have time.
Paul Oct 17th 2007 3:31PM
seriously, people care about this?
Urthona Oct 17th 2007 3:32PM
"I think all player "specialty models" such as druid and shaman forms could use a rehaul all together. Keep the theme, but make them look less like rehashed mobs."
I was talking to guildies about how Ghost Wolf is such a weird spell for shamans, considering its original iteration in WC3 was a pair of summonables and the Spirit Walker's phase shifted form.
If Ghost Wolf had a jumpy "Ethereal" animation to its movement, or had the old Windfury proc animation, it could get away with being considered an "Air" element spell, but right now, it's just a sore thumb.
Back onto Druids. Boring change. Give the tauren something beautiful or don't give them anything. Back to the drawing boards Blizz.
TheMinority Oct 17th 2007 4:14PM
Would you want to play if your rogue or priest just looked like some NPC walking around in Stormwind? You'd play at first but after a while, you'd get bored of seeing the same old thing. I would love to see more detailed druid models. They're still the same old plain-jane models from the beginning.
MacKoroni Oct 17th 2007 4:01PM
Uuugh, while their at fixing forms, they should tinker with ToL form. Why do we have dried out yellow leaves and the ugliest damn face on any tree I've seen. I don't need to be some hawt svelt birch or poplar, but come on!
lrn2play Oct 17th 2007 4:20PM
nice, they'll be even fuglier now
sezmra Oct 17th 2007 4:11PM
"If Ghost Wolf had a jumpy "Ethereal" animation to its movement.."
I totally agree. I recently started playing a Shaman seriously(this time..), and since we're in wolf form a lot, I kept wishing it were more ethereal. Wispy, floaty! Not just a wolf mob with transparency. :(
Oh well, I gave up on graphic updates such as these back in pre-Luclin Everquest when they added new idle animations and then removed them from the female models only.
Blizzard has a high standard though, so I can at least hope in the background.
rich Oct 17th 2007 4:13PM
QQ: 2.2 shrunk my moonkin's weapons. Boo! Fix that, then get back to me.
Wek Oct 17th 2007 4:16PM
There already is a good tauren catform in game: Humar.
Use it!
FantomRedux Oct 17th 2007 4:15PM
This isn't even worthy of a post on the forums, let alone on WI. Seriously if they changed the model, and the entire texture it would but its just got a face like a gnome sneaked up and stuck something up its arse.